Ilda G. Ecker

Monday

Apr 15, 2013 at 6:00 AM

Ilda G. (Ditlow) Ecker, age 86, of Sturgis, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at Thurston Woods Village following a lengthy decline in health.

Ilda G. (Ditlow) Ecker, age 86, of Sturgis, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, at Thurston Woods Village following a lengthy decline in health.The family will receive friends and relatives from 4–7 p.m. Thursday, at the Hackman Family Funeral Home – Hackman Chapel, 114 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis, MI 49091, 269-651-2331. Services celebrating the life of Ilda G. Ecker will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, at Trinity Lutheran Church with The Rev. Calvin J. Kolzow Jr., officiating.Graveside services and interment will follow in Lakeside Cemetery in Colon, Michigan.The family suggests those wishing to make a memorial donation in Mrs. Ecker’s memory consider Hospice of Sturgis, P.O. Box 126, Sturgis, MI 49091 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.The obituary is also at www.hackmanfamilyfuneralhome.com where personal messages of support may be left for the family.